Senior Manager: HR Business Partner at Living Goods

Purpose of role:

We are looking for top-caliber candidates to fill the exciting Senior Manager: HR Business Partner role in Kenya. This role will drive the translation of Living Goods Kenya’s Business Strategy into periodic People & Culture Operating Plans while providing advisory services to the Country Leadership team, as well as the Global People & Culture teams in implementing world-class, integrated Human resources solutions.This role will report functionally to the Chief People & Culture Officer and Operationally to the Country Director - KE.

Top Accountabilities:

Strategy Development & Implementation:

• Partner with the Kenya Country Director, Senior Leadership Team, Country Management Teams, and Chief People and Culture Officer to design Kenya’s short and long-term business strategy. Enable the effective implementation of the Country Strategy through fit-for-purpose annual human resource operating plans.
• Provide proactive advice and coaching to the Country’s Senior Leadership Team and Line Managers in the delivery of the Country’s Operating Plans through effective teams.
• Lead the organization design and organization effectiveness imperatives through defined global processes and practices
• Lead organizational change and coach Line Managers as well as their teams to navigate different change initiatives for organizational relevance, impact, and sustainability.
• Assessing and implementing continuous improvements in People and Culture Policies and processes in line with global trends and market best practices.

Talent Management:

• Partner with the Talent Management Centre of Excellence to identify, acquire, assess, and hire candidates to fill open positions at the country level.
• Lead the Country’s Employee life cycle strategy implementation; Acquisition, Onboarding, Engagement Development, Retention, and Offboarding.

Employee Experience:

• Advise and support Kenya’s Functional leadership to build a Great-Place-To-Work and a culture that is built on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion norms.
• Build a high-performance culture that is strongly linked to Living Good’s Purpose, Mission, and core values.
• Respond to complex People and Culture employee relations matters escalated by the HR Shared Services team.
• Be a thought leader for the country in designing the hybrid workplace of the future that is safe, secure, and exciting.
• Stewarding staff compliance to Living Goods’ Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policies.

Policies, Processes, Systems & Administration:

• Review, design, and communicate people and culture policies as well as processes and procedures, ensuring compliance with employment law and alignment with global best practices.
• Provide oversight for Staff Master data management and leverage the HR Information system to generate useful HR analytics for management reporting and decision-making.

Others:

• Support the HR shared service process standardization and improvement by providing continuous feedback.
• Provide support in the preparation for HR audits and subsequent action plans while safeguarding employee data in line with Living Goods compliance & Data privacy standards
• Undertake specific HR-related projects with the larger global HR team as appropriate.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Qualifications:

• First degree in Social Sciences plus a Postgraduate qualification in HR management.
• Membership with an accredited HR professional body.
• A relevant master’s degree will be an added advantage.

Experience

• 7-10 years Experience working in a multi-national environment, NGO, or international development sector.
• Keen analytical, organization, and problem-solving skills that support and enable sound decision-making.
• Proven strength in building and sustaining supportive relationships and persuasively communicating institutional goals and needs.
• Strong human resource management experience: the ability to supervise, mentor, and engage staff members and inspire credibility, and confidence and build consensus.
• Demonstrated capacity to think strategically with expertise in complex problem solving, decision making, and critical thinking skills, displays good judgment.